Wednesday 13-04-2022 - 10:38

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All shortlisted Candidates have now been announced for this year’s STAR Awards!

The STAR Awards is an annual celebration event held by the Students’ Association to recognise and celebrate the hard work our volunteers and student groups carry out.  The event will take place on 21st April from 6:30pm in the Re:Union Bar, hosted by VP GSBS Priscilla Otuagoma, with help from Student President Adil Rahoo and VP SCEBE Olivia Hall.

This year there are 15 awards up for grabs and a full list of all the award categories and shortlisted candidates can be found below: 

 Student of the Year & Lindsay Leadership                                            

GCU Student of the Year Shortlisted Candidates:

• Abdul Rehman Rafiq 
• Kanwal Shakeel Chaudhry 
• Katie Lynn Moffat
• Louise Elizabeth Dunn 
• Ojonuma Diana Miachi 
• Sohaib Saleem 
• Tarandeep Kaur

Lindsay Leadership Award Shortlisted Candidates:

• Nana Achiaa Mensah- Bonsu  
• Miranda Neroni
• Katie Lynn Moffat
• Nuvneet Kaur Roopra
• Ruqaya Aslan

 Representation Awards:

Academic Rep of the Year Shortlisted Candidates:

• Abdul Rehman Rafiq
• Gary Masterton 
• Kanwal Chaudhry 
• Robert MacDonald

 Representation Network of the Year Shortlisted Candidates:

• Womens' Network
• Student Mental Health & Wellbeing Network 
• Ethnic Diversity Network
• Disabled Students' Network

Ethical & Enivironmental Award Shortlisted Candidates:

• Martha Bytof
• Kelly Dwyer
• Ethical & Environmental Committee 

Mental Health & Wellbeing Champion Award Shortlisted Candidates:

• Nightline
• Cora- Leigh Greig
• Bhavanishanker Sharma 
• Occupational Therapy Society

We also give out the Nightline Volunteer Of The Year Award, however the nightline volunteers must remain anonymous. We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate them nonetheless.

 Societies Awards:

Society of the Year Shortlisted Candidates:

• CISA
• Occupational Therapy
• Fashion, Retail & Marketing 
• Social Sciences
• Nursing 

 Best New Society Shortlisted Candidates:

• Business
• Desi 
• GCU Sign Language 
• Tourism

 Society Event Of The Year Shortlisted Candidates:

• Occupational Therapy- Michael Iwama presents The Kawa Model
• Social Sciences- HMP Barlinnie Trip
• Nursing Society- Winter Ball
• Fashion, Retail & Marketing Society- Quiz Night 

Best Overall Contribution from a Committee Member Shortlisted Candidates:

• Scott Craig- GCU Sign Language 

• Katie Russell- Fashion, Retail & Marketing 

• Aliya Imran-CISA

• Evgeni Dilov- Fashion, Retail & Marketing 

• Catherine Mackie- Social Sciences

• Erin Watson- Law

 Student Media Awards:

Radio Caley – Best Behind the Mic Shortlisted Candidates:

• Liam Marshall
• Jay Blakeway
• Jakub Bobro
• Connor Ryan

 Radio Caley – Best Overall Contribution Shortlisted Candidates:

• Rachel Louise Gibson
• Tun Nadia Aminuddin
• James Miller
• Jay Blakeway

 The EDIT – Best Article Shortlisted Candidates:

• Andrew Morrison- When the Saints Go Marching Out
• Declan Sutherland- An Ode To Health
• Fiona Brown- How to Preserve Your Mental Health
• Georgia Brown- Everyday's a School Day

 The EDIT – Best Overall Contribution Shortlisted Candidates:

• Connor Ryan
• Rachel Louise Gibson
• Sam Smith 

 Ticket sales for the event have now closed, however if you haven't bought a ticket yet and would like to attend. Please contact societies@GCUStudents.co.uk and we may be able to squeeze you in!